The Hastings Academy

The Hastings Academy is a co-educational secondary school for students aged 11-16, located in Hastings, East Sussex. It first opened its doors in 1952 as a secondary school for girls called Hillcrest. In the early 2010s it changed its name and moved to a new purpose-built site.

The Hastings Academy is a smaller-than-average secondary school with around 900 pupils. It is part of the Hastings Academy Trust, a multi-academy trust that operates a number of schools across the region, at both primary and secondary level.

Principal

Mr Simon Addison

Values and vision

The Hastings Academy’s motto is “PRIDE through success”. PRIDE is an acronym that stands for the values that form the basis of the school’s ethos.

These values are: potential, ensuring that each pupil has the opportunity to do as well as they can; respect, between both pupils and their peers and pupils and staff; innovation, encouraging staff and students to think outside the box with regards to their learning; and determination and excellence, the expectation that students will apply themselves fully and seek to overcome all obstacles.

Ofsted report

“Pupils are cared for very well. Pupils’ wider education is thoughtfully planned to foster aspiration… Pupils have rich opportunities to explore social, moral, spiritual and cultural education… Pupils are affable, friendly and pleased to attend the academy.”

View The Hastings Academy's latest Ofsted report